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The Museum’s Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center.

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… Germany who were sent to Poland We dont know. They were in Poland some until 1939 and they went to Auschwitz like anybody else. Did any of your friends at…

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… back to the large ghetto and from there went to Auschwitz HERWARZNO the last one was Bucheimald was lierated April 11 1945 Were you married2 SALLY PRINCE…

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… book on the subject that I didn’t read, but in addition I read all the world classics French, German, and Russian – Victor Hugo, Dostoyevsky, and Germans…

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… liberated earlier. The war ended on May 8, 1945. In the time between their liberations and the end of the war, the prisoners could have done whatever they…

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… war with Japan. They gave something. Because at that time there was still war with Japan going on until August think 1945 and we were there in April…

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… of the war and the establishment of a concentration camp in Trawniki. She also talks about the Jews, who she saw during the war, and describes the…

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… twisted challa. Now, everybody knows in Poland that only Jews eat a twisted challa for Shabbat. Polish people never eat a twisted Challa Shabbat. They may…

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… her "non-Jewish" looks as an advantage. Luna chose not to have the advantage. 01:10:00 Germany invaded Poland in September of 1939 and by November of…

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… years, and like you mentioned 1938, 1939, maybe going back to 1937, there was great antisemitism in Poland. Uh, a lot in, in my, my personal view, a lot…

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… delayed immigration to Palestine. In March 1939, she married Jacob Berlinsky who was also from a large family – he was involved in the knitting industry and…

Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volume I and II of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes.